Registered Nurse - Epidemiology

Posting Date 08/14/26

Final date to receive applications 08/20/26

Pay Range $36.75 - $53.25 hourly

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. The position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.

Sign-on bonus of up to $6,000 for eligible registered nurses.

Job Type Unclassified

Department Public Health

As the Registered Nurse-Epidemiology, you will identify, research, and prevent the spread of diseases in Maricopa County using epidemiological methods to support the Department of Public Health with controlling single cases and outbreaks of infectious disease and address other public health threats. You will have the unique opportunity to engage patients, healthcare professionals, and partners to help identify and prevent the spread of infectious diseases

Come work for Maricopa County Department of Public Health, the 3 rd largest health jurisdiction in the U.S.! MCDPH's mission is to increase the quality of life for our residents by collaborating with the community to develop and implement strategies, programs, and services addressing the emerging and changing needs of public health. We aim to serve Maricopa County residents with a focus on impact and a data-driven approach to our work.

We value our staff's unique skills and differences, as well as the varied experiences and disciplines we represent. Together, we are working towards our vision of creating a healthy, thriving Maricopa County for all.

• Work with a greater purpose
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center, Maricopa County Kids Club , dedicated to serving Maricopa County families
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive
• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring an 11.98% per paycheck contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Valid, unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse issued by the Arizona State Board of Nursing or issued by another state recognized by the Arizona Board of Nursing as a multi-compact license state

• National Incident Management System (NIMS) training
• Experience in a community-based or communicable disease/infection control nursing environment
• Bilingual in Spanish and English
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Nursing, Public Health, Health Administration, or a related field

• Participates in disease detection, surveillance, investigations, and related activities involving communicable disease, non-communicable disease, and bioterrorism agents of all categories
• Interviews patients and other individuals to obtain epidemiological information, provides health education, and advises disease control measures, including assuring prophylaxis or vaccines are received, if indicated
• Researches scientific literature, maintains records of all disease-related contacts, enters data into databases, analyzes data, and produces reports based on collected data
• Performs home visits, as needed, to collect specimens (venipuncture, N.P. swab, etc.) and provide health education/counseling to ensure that chemo prophylaxis or vaccine recommendations are followed appropriately
• Collaborates with community, County, state, and federal agencies regarding urgent or noteworthy events in health surveillance
• Attends regional/state meetings and shares and updates information through in-services and staff meetings
• Mentors and trains Epidemiology staff
• Provides health education, counseling, and intervention on communicable diseases and prevention to citizens, schools, businesses, and health care providers
• Provides back‑up and support for other Division of Epidemiology & Informatics staff, including data entry, data management, outbreak/bioterrorism investigations, medical records requests, quality control of data, survey implementation, survey records maintenance, and communicable disease report database management
• Participates in public health emergency response planning, exercises, and actions
• Makes recommendations to management in writing protocols, policies, and procedures to support surveillance, data analysis, and other activities
• Provides immunizations to community members as needed

Must be able to work on‑call periodically

Ability to travel to and from job‑related locations during the course of a scheduled workday, subject to County policies regarding the use of a County or private v